diff --git a/lib/cmd/start.js b/lib/cmd/start.js
index 5d562d6..c5e2188 100644
--- a/lib/cmd/start.js
+++ b/lib/cmd/start.js
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const path = require('path');
-const mkdirp = require('mz-modules/mkdirp');
-const sleep = require('mz-modules/sleep');
-const homedir = require('node-homedir');
-const utils = require('egg-utils');
-const fs = require('mz/fs');
+
+const Command = require('../command');
+const debug = require('debug')('egg-script:start');
 const { exec } = require('mz/child_process');
+const fs = require('mz/fs');
+const homedir = require('node-homedir');
+const mkdirp = require('mz-modules/mkdirp');
 const moment = require('moment');
+const sleep = require('mz-modules/sleep');
 const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
-const Command = require('../command');
+const utils = require('egg-utils');
 
 class StartCommand extends Command {
   constructor(rawArgv) {
@@ -161,8 +163,27 @@ class StartCommand extends Command {
       // check start status
       yield this.checkStatus(argv);
     } else {
-      // signal event had been handler at common-bin helper
-      this.helper.spawn('node', eggArgs, options);
+      options.stdio = options.stdio || 'inherit';
+      debug('Run spawn `node %s`', eggArgs.join(' '));
+      const child = this.child = spawn('node', eggArgs, options);
+      child.once('exit', code => {
+        if (code !== 0) {
+          child.emit('error', new Error(`spawn node ${eggArgs.join(' ')} fail, exit code: ${code}`));
+        }
+      });
+
+      // attach master signal to child
+      let signal;
+      [ 'SIGINT', 'SIGQUIT', 'SIGTERM' ].forEach(event => {
+        process.once(event, () => {
+          signal = event;
+          process.exit(0);
+        });
+      });
+      process.once('exit', () => {
+        debug('Kill child %s with %s', child.pid, signal);
+        child.kill(signal);
+      });
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6f2de64..38818d7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "common-bin": "^2.7.1",
+    "debug": "^3.1.0",
     "egg-utils": "^2.3.0",
     "moment": "^2.19.2",
     "mz": "^2.7.0",
diff --git a/test/start.test.js b/test/start.test.js
index 9c9a49d..972560e 100644
--- a/test/start.test.js
+++ b/test/start.test.js
@@ -59,6 +59,30 @@ describe('test/start.test.js', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    describe('child exit with 1', () => {
+      let app;
+
+      before(function* () {
+        yield utils.cleanup(fixturePath);
+      });
+
+      after(function* () {
+        app.proc.kill('SIGTERM');
+        yield utils.cleanup(fixturePath);
+      });
+
+      it('should emit spawn error', function* () {
+        const srv = require('http').createServer(() => {});
+        srv.listen(7007);
+
+        app = coffee.fork(eggBin, [ 'start', '--port=7007', '--workers=2', fixturePath ]);
+
+        yield sleep(waitTime);
+        assert(/Error: spawn node .+ fail, exit code: 1/.test(app.stderr));
+        srv.close();
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('relative path', () => {
       let app;
 
@@ -514,6 +538,5 @@ describe('test/start.test.js', () => {
         .expect('code', 1)
         .end();
     });
-
   });
 });